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Covered Cup
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About this work
Thelot was one of the most important silversmiths active in Germany in the late 1600s and early 1700s. The decorations of this cup refer to the defeat of the Turks in Central Europe in the 1680s.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCovered Cup, 1688. Johann Andreas Thelot (German, 1655–1734). Silver and gilt silver; overall: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1966.111
